City's massive new homes plan faces the axe: Residents in limbo after funding cut

“Let down, Hull - People only held out for a fair price. If you're retired and have to buy another house who is going to give you a mortgage and how are you supposed to pay it back?

I've been reading these comments and some of them make my blood boil. Unless you are in that situation you do not have a clue what it is like. Yes I agree we all have freedom of speach but does it have to be so hurtful and il-informed? This is peoples lives we're talking about after all.”

“I think it stinks our landlord accepted the offer in september we was going to look at a house tomorrow which we cant now as we recieved a letter saying that they cant buy the house.theres only 3 of us left on this terrace and all we can see is black brick windows the houses at the back of us are all empty and weve had people come round and empty the bins from the empty houses on our terrace which took the council 4 weeks to clean up.then tonight on look north rick welton said them who accepted the valuation b4 12 november was still entitled to the compensation but will we get it i dont think so.they should have done one area at a time,like orchard park that wasnt suppose to be until 2014 so why they already started doing that,plus the houses that needed a facelift should have been kept for a later date as they new how much money they had to spend in a year.”

“This is down to to many of those who owned their houses holding out for a higher offer price. Otherwise work would have started and the funding couldnt have been withdrawn.”

“concerned, Hull
IT COULD HAPPEN TO YOU.
For your information it did happen to me.
I was made redundant from the management position I held in the construction industry.
I had two choices really, I could of moaned about what an unfair world it is to the HDM,and that the government should give me more and moan and wail to anyone who would listen, or go out there and look for work so that I can pay my own way in life.
Guess what , I chose the latter and am working for about half the salary that I used to get.
So that's the reason why all the people moaning on here get my back up, help yourselves and stop relying on the state/other people to look after you through life.”

“Working, Swanland, I hope your work doesn't require you to proof read or have attention to detail as you failed there didn't you, it quite clearly stated Miss Poke was a taxpayer and a home owner, how odd, a taxpayer and a homeowner who has compassion and feelings, something else you obviously don't need to do your job!!!!!!”

“Actually working Swanland, you must have missed the fact on previous comment that I am a tax payer and also a home owner not that I would be ashamed of being a HCC tenant. So will be getting up at usual time of 7.00am!!”

“Reg Charles - people end up at the bottom of the pile because of how they live !
The days of holding your hand out are gone. Laughable that you blame "the Tories" for this when it's down to the people themselves. No family discipline, no work ethic, living on handouts and blaming everyone else.
At least some people have now seen the socialist sham for what it is and say NO MORE.
If you want to sit at the bottom of the pile then that's your right but don't expect taxpayers to fund you. It's called making your bed and lying in it !”

“Can I say from what I have read I am appalled at, the non feeling people of Hull you should be ashamed of yourselves! Just think in a few months time when the knock on effect begins to sink in from the regeneration of Hull being stopped and public sector job losses gain momentum who else will be made redundant? As Miss Poke says it has a ripple effect on other companies. I would not wish redundancy on any one but some people who have commented on here need a dose of reality IT COULD HAPPEN TO YOU if you lose your job and then your home, does this make you scum? therefore don¿t comment on what you don¿t know as you show yourself up as being ignorant. Based on what people have said on here I would say the majority of whingers on here are scum so give me council tenants any day. And before anybody else comments yes there are council tenant spongers who want everything without working but these are in the minority. The majority are lovely people as with everywhere in the world there are good and bad do not tar everyone with the same brush. and HARDAKERS removal firm who have probably lost work as a result of this funding cut, may I say a big thank you on behalf of all these people for stepping up to the mark as you restore my faith in humanity coming to the rescue of these people in their time of need a definite Pride of Britain you certainly get my medal!!”

“Miss Poke, yawn yawn.... For heaven's sake if you're going to give a blatant and cheap plug to a certain removals company than have the intelligence to take out an ad in the classifieds, not use this debating forum for the purpose. Please set your alarm clock for an earlier time than usual, say 10am - OK I realise you'll miss most of the Jeremy Kyle show, and spend some time prolonging the life of your home with a little tlc instead of phoning the council every time a light bulb needs replacing.”

“Do non of you righteous homeowners/tax payers realise that if these areas are left to become slums that it will devalue your property too? Do you really want Hull to get a worse reputation than it already does?”